The Boston Globe recently reported about a 21-year-old, who was the football and hockey captain at Norwood High School. The young man was recently diagnosed with the rare form of cancer mesothelioma. This is the second case of a young person who has been diagnosed with cancer that the Mesothelioma…
Officials in Massachusetts have filed a $1 million claim for funds to clean up more than 100 years of pollution from companies, Dow Jones Newswires reported recently. Among the companies the state is requesting money from is the predecessor to W.R. Grace & Co., which, as the Mesothelioma Lawyers Blog…
The June tornadoes that ripped through Springfield and other parts of western Massachusetts destroyed buildings — killing three people. But as the Daily Hampshire Gazette recently reported, along with the destruction, the tornadoes may have opened up a secondary public concern with exposure to asbestos. Because many of the buildings…
A recent story by the Reuters News Service reports that insurance companies are adding more and more money to their reserves to fend off lawsuits on behalf of workers who were exposed to asbestos. The story cites information from the American Cancer Society that suggest new cases of malignant mesothelioma…
The University of Hawaii recently received an anonymous $3.6 million gift to research mesothelioma, an incurable and fatal cancer that often goes undiagnosed for decades before killing its victims, The Associated Press reports. This is great news for the family members of mesothelioma victims in Massachusetts and throughout New England…
A recent article by Time Magazine reports that in the next 20 years, asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma, will surge in Asia based on a recent report from the World Health Organization. And 7,000 people will turn 65 years old a day in the United States, perhaps the next wave of…
Boston Mesothelioma Lawyers have spent a few weeks outlining the more than two dozen sites across the country where federal researchers have confirmed that workers, their families and the general public were exposed to asbestos, the main cause of mesothelioma. Mesothelioma in Boston is a form of cancer that has…
Boston Mesothelioma Lawyers are hopeful that this ongoing series on asbestos exposure throughout the United States can be informative and eye-opening for those who may have been exposed to asbestos, which can cause the deadly and incurable cancer mesothelioma. Exposure to asbestos can come from many places. In fact, all…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently came out with an analysis of 28 sites nationwide that received asbestos-containing vermiculite from a mine in Libby, Montana, where hundreds died and thousands went ill because of heavy exposure to asbestos. Over the next few weeks, Mesothelioma Lawyers Blog will write…
Mesothelioma is a deadly form of cancer that typically strikes a patient decades after exposure to asbestos. Many times, those who have Mesothelioma never know a thing about the connection of the condition to exposure to asbestos. Victims don’t realize they’ve got the cancer until it’s too late. With a…